New Ulm weekly review., 1887-04-13
How a Man Of Genius Was Re-
formed.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
There is pretty sure to be some To-
cal interest in a story told by the
Rev. A. j. Rich in a sermon preached
On the life of the late DR.. William
Greenleaf Eliot, OF ST., Louis, an hon
ored pastor in the Unitarian denomi.
nation. Mr.. Rich tells how, having
had OCCASION to write briet memoirof
Henry Giles the Irish hunchback ora
tor, who had been one OF his own parish
toner's at Hyde Park, he wrote for
material to DR.. Elliot, who had been
Giles intimate friend. The letter
tn at he received contained many in
teresting "reminiscences among them
one which Mr.. Rich thus relates:
''Mr. Giles was to make O. Western
lecture tour and was to start with
Chicago. There he had friends who
entertained him, as it would seem, too
Hospitality, IN some directions. In
appearing on the platform he showed
sings of abnormal exhilaration which
the large and cultivated audience inter-
preted as the effect OF too free use of
drink The next day the papers re-
ported the exhibition made, and the
sad fall Of the finest orator the Ma
tion had ever welcomed from the old
world Or had produced at home. 1t
Travelled far and near. 1t went on
swift wings to St. Louis, where he was
booked to lecture the next week. He
made his way tardily to that city and
to the study Of the young minister
Eliot, by whose efforts he had been
chosen to fill an evening in the lecture
course. On Saturday afternoon the
door bell rang and short man, not
five feet high, dressed in bearskin coat,
cap and gloves, stood before him in
his study. His first words were, Well;
| am here, and [ suppose you have
heard all about it. [ meant you
should before got here, hence my de-
lay Yes said the host for the hour,
4 am sorry to say that / have read
all about my friends trouble; I have
weighed the matter, too;' then taking
him by the hand, and looking him in
the face, added, but you are to lecture
on Tuesday evening, and preach for
me tomorrow. 1t is all arranged and
notice is widely spread
WIGS WIS SllSlU 1OE d ulOfHeuRTW
pent up emotion, and mingled sur.
prise aud gratitude, and then replied,
Elliot, you have saved me! / shall
obey orders But said, his friend,
'on this condition, that you are not to
stopa the hotel. | have provided
entertainment for you at a friends
house, and after tea with me we will
go.oyer and will introduce YOU to,
most agreeable parties That night
81 heavy snOwstorm came, and not
Withstandiag the bad roads,. the
church the next day was crowded. and
the pastor was listsner. The, Doc
tors account Of tho services in this
letter was most glowing, and ae said
such a prayer he never heard from
mortal lips, notwit tAstandine it was.
written out and read probably writ
ten that very incoming under the la
spiratson of that brief interview IN
Eliot's study. From that day forth.
for over twenty years, TINS weak and
soreiy tempted once-fanen man went
from city to cisy, all over this land,
from Bangor to San francisco, and
! spoke before she best audiences to be
secured, and never again, that can
learn, wa: he led into temptation by
/ which his audience or his friends were
called upon to apologize for his be-
/ hayior.
!. Mrs. Mark Hopkins the twenty